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When I was a kid I used to watch Superfriends, which included the Wonder Twins and that crazy little dog. Problem is I seem to remember it also being called The Justice League. Question: How does one sort out which DVD sets to get? It becomes even more complicated because I think Warner Video also does Best Of sets.
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Nothing I've found on the net seems to put all the various '70s Superfriends/Hall of Justice cartoons in easy chronology, and certainly doesn't indicate which DVD sets match to which show, season, etc.
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This is how I feel when I'm ready to buy a particular film, but there are 3 to 4 differing DVDs of it out there, some of them with different stuff than the others, some of it on all of them, etc. Then I have to do research to figure out which ones I need in order to get all the bonus material, blah blah, and sometimes I just give up. So I sympathize with justice league troubles. On the other hand, WB Archive recently released all episodes of the '70s cartoon JabberJaw. That was a nice surprise.
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I don't know if this counts, but I have THE BATMAN SUPERMAN MOVIE (1997) and it's very good.
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You've got a lot of choices, which is great, but since WB didn't put any effort into a chronological system, it's also annoying. Yuo have to hunt and peck, but here's a list of what they've put out and how they would be in airdate order.
Both Filmation and Hanna Barbera produced Justice League cartoons. The Filmation shows were more faithful to the comics of the time, while Superfriends (or Super Friends - depending on the year) was a watered down, violence free take on the characters. Since you're asking about the HB shows, it goes something like this (thanks in part to some online resources and a really knowledgeable Amazon.com reviewer):
"Super Friends!": Season One, Vol. One & Vol. Two - Sixteen 46 Minute Episodes (1973)
With Wendy, Marvin & Wonder Dog. Mostly new villains who pose ecological threats. Great theme music, awful stories. Very dull, but, for this season only, Ted Knight narrates. Along with Olan Soule (Batman), Knight was a holdover from the Filmation shows. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S3Y1LQ/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk
"The All-New Super Friends Hour": Season One, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 - Fifteen 21 Minute Episodes & Forty-Five 7 Minute Shorts (1977)
The Wonder Twins (with their Space Monkey - Gleek) debut, replacing Wendy and her retarded brother. A step up from the previous season, but still focusing on TV created villains. Black Vulcan and Apache Chief debut. Enek Chok!
http://www.amazon.com/All-New-Super-Friends-Hour-Season/dp/B000W2C28Y/ref=pd_bxgy_d_text_b
"Challenge of the Super Friends" - Sixteen 21 Minute Episodes (1978) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023E88U/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk
"Super Friends": Volume Two - Sixteen 21 Minute Episodes [Aired along side 'Challenge] (1978)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007XFZMS/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk
This is when Super Friends exploded in popularity. Challenge of the Super Friends is the most popular of the formats because it incorporates DC villains who form The Legion of Doom. Their "Darth Vader Head-quarters" is incredible. The stories are pure nonsense, but such incredible fun, with over acting, loud music, crazy super-science and real corny dialog. And still no punches allowed! The other half of the hour was taken by stories similar to the previous season. Not as much fun as Challenge, but still good stuff. (note: two individual volumes of one disc apiece of the Challenge episodes were released as a test run. Get the complete season set - you're not missing content if you skip the individuals).
"The World's Greatest Super Friends" - Eight 22 minute episodes - not released yet (1979)
"Super Friends" - Twenty-Four 7 minute shorts - not released yet (1980)
"Super Friends" - Eighteen 7 minute shorts - not released yet (1981)
"Super Friends": The Lost Episodes - Twenty-Four 7 Minute Shorts (1983)
The convoluted run of Super Friends continued through this unusual detour: when the animated series was canceled in 1983, Hanna-Barbera continued to produce new episodes, which in most cases took years to show up after the series kept returning to TV in various forms. These Lost Episodes are gathered on this two-disc set, which, although it claims to be 24 "episodes," is more like eight half-hour programs (each consisting of three short adventures).
http://www.amazon.com/Super-Friends-The-Lost-Episodes/dp/B0027WNRV8/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1299159791&sr=1-1
"Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show" - Sixteen 11 Minute Episodes (1984)
This was a series prompted on the line of Super Powers toys being released at the time. A couple of new (for TV) characters were integrated (like Cyborg and Firestorm). Adam West now voices Batman in place of Olan Soule, who played the character as far back as the Filmation series in the 60's.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PC8AKK/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk
"The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" - Six 21 Minute Episodes & Four 11 Minute Episodes (1985)
In 1985 this final version of Hanna-Barbera's Super Friends premiered. The Super Friends were once again headquartered at the Hall of Justice in Metropolis, and battled such familiar foes as Lex Luthor, Scarecrow and Darkseid. Second only to Challenge of the Super Friends, Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians was one of the most faithful TV adaptations of DC Comic superheroes.
http://www.amazon.com/Super-Powers-Team-Guardians-Collection/dp/B000TSTEJG/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1299159828&sr=1-1
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Wow! Thanks, Scott. I'm almost more confused, and yet enlightened at the same time. ?? 
Perhaps I need to invest in 'em all for fun and then I'll know for sure which ones were the ones I really liked. Maybe it was bits and pieces of them all.
@Holly. My sisters and I used to awaken at 7:00am every Saturday, too. These shows, Land of the Lost, all those fun shows. Awww, being a kid.
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No problem. I started with the Challenge of the Super Friends for 2 reasons: 1) it's my favorite incarnation of the series and b) they were the first episodes released. I'd say get that and the companion set Spuer Friends vol. 2 wich was the other half of the hour. Those have the Wonder Twins and whatnot. I'd bet those are the versions you'll remember most.
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). I'm not sure which stories are in this one, but I'm sure I saw them first run in '79.